“In every race, in every nation, and in every clime in every period of…” — Alice Dunbar Nelson

“In every race, in every nation, and in every clime in every period of history there is always an eager-eyed group of youthful patriots who seriously set themselves to right the wrongs done to their race or nation or art or self-expression.”

Reflecting on the perennial presence of youthful idealism and reform · Essay or column (commonly attributed)

Alice Dunbar Nelson

About Alice Dunbar Nelson

19 July 1875–18 September 1935

Alice Dunbar Nelson was born Alice Ruth Moore on July 19, 1875, in the bustling, sun-drenched city of New Orleans, Louisiana, a place where the Mississippi River whispered stories of resilience and reinvention into the ears of its diverse inhabitants. She died on September 18, 1935, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at…

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